Coming Soon: Samsung W300 with 7,2 Mbps

Samsung has just presented one more stylish slider phone with amazing performances. The SCH-W300 model will pack huge performances in its slim and fashionable case, just as the producer has gotten us used to seeing even in previous handsets.

Samsung SCH-W300 is only 12.9 mm thick, an excellent size for a slider phone and fairly small for one that manages to pack some of the most evolved performances out there. there are only few handsets capable of reaching the top data transfer speed of 7.2 Mbps through HSDPA. Samsung W300 is one of them, although not the first coming from this producer.

Samsung W300 is part of the Ultra Edition II mobile phones and also follows the slim and smooth design line of the previous handsets in this line. The phone also packs a 2 megapixel camera and a 2 inch display screen capable of providing a resolution of up to 240 x 320 pixels. These are not the main features of the cellular, as it proves best when it comes to media handling.

The phone also includes a media player capable of supporting a large number of files and also a microSD card slot, just to make sure that there is enough space available for storing all the personal content. Connectivity is also possible through Bluetooth.

Samsung W300 will soon be available for the price of USD 600L won (about USD 640).

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Turn Your Phone into an In-car Music System

Mobile users can stream music from their phone to a car radio, while using the in-car stereo as part of a handsfree kit, thanks to a tiny new gadget that plugs into a car’s cigarette lighter.

The Venturi Mini is the first device to combine an FM transmitter for audio with Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity. The pocket-sized gadget can be hooked up to your mobile phone via Bluetooth, with the FM transmitter allowing audio tracks stored on your phone to be relayed to the car radio.
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GSM Rules, Literally

3G Americas, a group that represents the GSM technologies in the Americas, announced that the GSM/UMTS services gained more than 564.6 million customers worldwide between June 2006 and June 2007. According to Informa’s World Cellular Information Service, more than 100 millions of the new subscribers are from the Western Hemisphere, meaning that the GSM/UMTS technology attracted here more new customers than any other
technology.

More than 2.581 million worldwide subscribers use the GSM technology at the moment, making it the leading industry standard for wireless voice communication. Furthermore, the GSM technology has an important role in 3G, because more than 65% of the 3G users across the globe (estimated at around 200 millions) rely on the UMTS/HSPA technology. 181 UMTS operators are currently in service across the globe, with 72 additional networks in deployment, in trial or in planning.

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Nokia Requests ITC Investigation into Qualcomm

Nokia announced it has filed a complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) alleging that Qualcomm has engaged in unfair trade practices through infringing 5 Nokia patents in its CDMA and WCDMA/GSM chipsets. Nokia is requesting that the ITC initiate an investigation and issue an exclusion order to bar importation to the United States of infringing Qualcomm chipsets, and products such as handsets, containing the infringing chipsets.

Qualcomm’s unfair trade practices include importing products, selling products for importation, and/or selling products after importation, and inducing others to import products such as handsets, that infringe Nokia patented technology in certain Qualcomm GSM/WCDMA and CDMA2000 chipsets.
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The 100% Unlocked iPhone for Sale in Hong Kong

It’s been only a few days since hackers reported they have managed to fully unlock the iPhone, that the cracked handset version now pops up in Hong Kong, on a special sale offer. The price is huge, but those too eager to wait for it to officially arrive in their country have an expensive solution to satisfy their curiosity.
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